#14 To lose a friend

I've started to grow distant from some friends of old

And it's always painful when I realise that this is the case

That we've neared the end of our story to be told

We're still running, but no longer in the same race



It's tough. But there isn't much you can do, I guess

There's so many people and so many places

That my mind and memory is a mess.

It's hard to keep track of all the faces



They keep changing without me

It was painful to realise

That people aren't going to wait politely

For me to stop and re-enter their lives



Yet for most, I hope, they'd still stop to chat

If the chance arrived, they'd not just pass me by

I know some who already chose to do that

And though it hurts me, I do it to others, no lie.



So to everyone out there who I haven't seen a while

I beg your patience, but go on living well

Advance yourself, and do it with a smile

So that if we meet again you have a story to tell

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